We Collect Together In a Net

A net contains and disperses, locating our entanglements in the world. Artist Kerry Downey's first major publication, WE COLLECT TOGETHER IN A NET, assembles a series of fourteen full-color reproductions of new monotypes alongside commissioned texts by writers Jaime Shearn Coan, Jeanne Vaccaro, Ryan Lee Wong, and Layla Zami. Through Chine-collé, embossment, rubbing, and sanding, these works on paper bring attention to the materiality and transformative potential of paper as a substrate, drawing parallels between paper's surface and our skin. Like a net, skin's porousness acts as a threshold between the personal and the social, the psychological, and the embodied.Kerry Downey is an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in New York City. Downey's practice includes video, printmaking, drawing, writing, and performance. They've recently had a solo show at CAVE in Detroit and two-person shows at Knockdown Center and 20|20 Gallery in New York City. They have exhibited at the Queens Mus